Postcolonial Literature

Name: Postcolonial Literature
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ISBN: 9780230506749

ISBN-10: 0230506747

ISBN-13: 9780230506749

Edition: 2008

Authors: Justin D. Edwards

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This Guide analyzes the criticism of English-language literature from the major regions and countries of the postcolonial world. Criticism on works by key writers, such as Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie and Jamaica Kincaid, is discussed throughout the volume to illustrate the themes and concepts that are essential to an understanding of postcolonial literature and the development of criticism in the field. Criticism and theoretical approaches are discussed in relation to analyses of literary works from South Africa, Nigeria, Jamaica, Antigua, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka. Criticism on Native American writing, African American literature, as well as Irish,…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Justin D. Edwards is an associate professor in the Department of English at Kï¿½benhavns Universitet.



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Outlines the Guide's structure and approach and provides key historical contexts



Postcoloniality



Difference



Language



Orality



Rewriting



Violence



Travel



Maps



Gender



Queer



Haunting



Memory



Hybridity



Diaspora



Globalization


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index